Gift wrap with Vintage Flair.

Well we just celebrated my BFF's birthday & she also shares my love for all things Vintage.  So I just had to also gift wrap the Vintage Laundry sign I made her with some Vintage Flair.

Old Book Page Birthday Card

"Your Birthday is in the Bag"

Silver Spoon Embellish

The Spoons I found to go on top of her gift had a relevance, to a city we both love & she used to live there.  Victoria, British Columbia.  I thought she would love them to make a ring out of them, or use them in her plants to stir up dirt.

Ladder of the 2

This Ladder was destined for the Dump when I rescued it from my Mom.  For Shame!!!  It needed a bit of a sanding from the mouse Sander & a really good cleaning with TSP & water.  I wanted to still see the wood grain & also the silvering effect that all those years outside had done.  So when sanding I left some of the Silver.  I used my usual Creamy white paint and watered it down a little to achieve this see through look.  I was worried that if I painted it completely that I would loose the character & it would look too new.  So here are the stages of the process & 2 ways to decorate it.

After Sand & Clean

Beginning

After

Some old books...

Shells we've collected

Valentines Day Theme

One of my Brownie Cameras

Vintage Toffee Tin.

Wool Flowers & Books again.

Burlap, Vintage Wool & Hanky.

Happy Valentines Day!!

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